More Examples of Viral Non-Truths
12 More Viral Photos That Are Totally Fake From “mailing” children, to John Lennon playing Guitar with Che Guevara. Not true. Be suspicious folks, be very suspicious. 😉
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Google Hurting Itself with Plus Integration?
I’ve talked before about Google’s actions regarding pushing it’s social network down everyone’s throats whenever you try and use what used to be an unrelated Google tool. The recent kerfuffle over Google allowing Plus users to send an email to your Gmail account without knowing the address unless you take the time to opt out…
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Also Turning off Disqus
One other thing I “cleaned up” this week was the commenting system. While I still think Disqus is a great idea, and I appreciate other sites that are using it and make it easy for me to comment using that login and track down conversations across multiple sites in one place, I started having a…
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It’s Facebook Magic Apparently
Yes that would appear to be a post to Facebook that has 2 Likes, Comments or Shares, with a reach of zero. When I look at the Facebook Page Insights for my child abuse blog, this is what the latest post over there shows me. So a post that, according to Facebook’s stats, no one…
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Following Up on the Truth – Snopes.com
In response to yesterday’s post about all of the various things we see being shared all over the internet, Steven Vore reminded me that Snopes.com is your friend. If you’re not familiar with Snopes.com, you really should be. Snopes is THE place to go and seek out the truth about things before you start sharing…
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The Truth and The Internet Aren’t the Same
Remember that State Farm commercial with the lady who “read it on the internet, so it must be true”? The reason that line resonated with so many people is because of the ridiculousness of it. We all know that anyone can start up a website, and write anything they want, without bothering to fact check…